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Boggs is 8-AAAA low medalist The Madison County High School girls’ golf team easily possessed enough firepower to win a region title without record-setting performances. But it got the career rounds anyway. Cortney Boggs shot a school-record 86 to earn 8-AAAA low medalist honors, and Kelsey Hochstetler added an 88 as Madison County won its ...
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MCHS boys’ track team shoots for first region championship The Madison County High School boys’ track team offered a bold prediction to first-year coach Jamie Sims when the squad met prior to the start of the season. “Our kids told me that I didn’t need to worry about being nervous as a new head coach and that they would win me a ...
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The Madison County boys’ tennis team didn’t win a region title this year but doesn’t plan to be strangers to the Region 8-AAAA finals. The Red Raiders, who fell 3-1 to Heritage Friday in the region title match, have a bright future ahead of them, coach Keith Strickland said. “We are very young and look forward to building on what we ...
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The Madison County girls’ tennis team achieved one major goal but didn’t have enough left in the tank to fulfill the other. The Lady Raiders (15-3, 12-1) ran their streak of consecutive region finals appearances — an often-referenced point of pride for the program — to 13 but appeared to be a little drained by the time it played ...
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The Madison County High School baseball team (11-11 overall) is still mathematically alive for the postseason, but it’s not like they’re crunching those numbers. Basically, for any playoff hopes to materialize, the Red Raiders, at 8-8 in the region as of press time, need to win out and get a lot of help along the way. That makes Madison ...
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The East Jackson Eagles hope to get back on a winning path after dropping a doubleheader to Dawson County last week. The Eagles will host Riverside Military Academy for a doubleheader on Friday, starting at 5 p.m. Riverside has had its own problems this season. Riverside enters the week 1-13 in the region and 3-17 overall. Walnut Grove The ...
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Seeding in the playoffs is at stake this week for the Commerce baseball Tigers. “We have Hebron at home [Tuesday] and a ton of things can still happen for a few of us to determine seeding going into the playoffs,” coach Steve Cotrell explained. “Lakeview and Hebron as well as Athens Academy have three games this week, so a lot of factors ...
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Last week was a rough one for the diamond Leopards. Banks County’s baseball team took three on the chin against three very tough region opponents, leaving the Leopards with an 8-8 record entering into the last week of play. Coach Joe Lord said that he hopes last week motivated the team into doing better this week. “It's been a long time ...
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The Jefferson Dragons continued their winning ways this past week, picking up a victory last Wednesday against Banks County. Up next is a trip to Tiger to face the Rabun County Wildcats in a doubleheader Friday. First pitch in game one is scheduled for 5 p.m. Banks County The Dragons played host to the Leopards of Banks County last Wednesday. ...
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Chase Elliott scored one of the biggest wins of his young career capturing the Monolith Companies 100 Pro Late Model race Saturday at Gresham Motorsports Park. The 14-year-old Dawsonville native saw his strongest challengers self-destruct in the 100-lap event. In the end, Elliott still had the best car and roared away to a half-lap lead over ...
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